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Joselano Guevarra vs. Atty. Jose Emmanuel Eala

JOSELANO GUEVARRA,Complainant, versus ATTY. JOSE EMMANUEL EALA, Respondent.

A.C. No. 7136 | 2007-08-01

                                                 D E C I S I O N


Per Curiam:


Joselano Guevarra (complainant) filed on March 4, 2002 a Complaint for Disbarment[1] before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Committee on Bar Discipline (CBD) against Atty. Jose Emmanuel M. Eala a.k.a. Noli Eala (respondent) for "grossly immoral conduct and unmitigated violation of the lawyer's oath."

In his complaint, Guevarra gave the following account:

He first met respondent in January 2000 when his...